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Teak can be a beautiful wood (especially reclaimed Brazilian and Burmese stuff), but can be really heavy.It has natural oils and can be quite 'greasy' to touch, and consequently great in damp environments (hence so much teak garden furniure)
I have no idea about the tone different woods would produce, but at least you know the body would withstand a spilt pint or sweaty player
If you live near a timber merchant, they often have offcut bins that you can browse through.
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I remember the old science workbenches at school and they were solid as rock haha, so I can imagine it wouldn't be too friendly on the back. I was originally hoping to find a mahogany table or something, ash would be nice - even good solid pine (if it's good enough for Squier CV's!) as long as it wasn't full of knots. I can get a 2 piece sapele blank for about 40 quid so anything more than that would be a waste of time, since the work would already be done. Be much more satisfying to make something from something else though!
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My pub's about to throw away a couple of old solid oak bar stools which I'm hoping to be able to convert into guitars. Lovely well worn patinated wood, I'll not be finishing them at all, just be screwing the hardware straight on!
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That's the kindof thing I mean... it'd just feel great to have something that had some character. The front and back doors from my house were replaced last year and the old back door was a solid chunk of wood (no idea what it was) that had been on probably since the house was built in the 1920s. It got left outside for months in the rain though so can't imagine it would have been much use... Would have been great to practice with though!